# Gas Station Place

**URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/gas-station-place/374764
**Category:** Places
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/gas-station-place/374764 "2025-01-02T12:02:48Z")
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### Author: ![Belgium\_Wazeopedia1](https://www.waze.com/discuss/user_avatar/www.waze.com/belgium_wazeopedia1/32/105868_2.png) [@Belgium\_Wazeopedia1](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Belgium_Wazeopedia1)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/gas-station-place/374764/1 "2025-01-02T12:02:48Z")

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This type of [Place](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/places/374885 "Places") is always drawn as an _Area Place_. It is one of the [Car services](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/places/374885#Car_Services "Places") sub-categories. They should be mapped to the edges of the property (or at least to the drivable area of the gas station). If they are physically smaller than 500m², they may be drawn larger. Gas station places should be connected with [Parking Lot Roads](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/parking-lot-road/374861 "Parking Lot Road") without streetname.

There is more information contained in an _Gas station Area_ than can be viewed in [WME](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-map-editor/375070 "Waze Map Editor"), such as available fuels and corresponding prices. Gas stations always get the name in the format “ ”, for example “ Shell De Rotonde”. Choose the Brand from the drop down menu. Leave this option blank if the brand is not listed.

Use as brand name for gasoline stations the core without an _Express_ extension. If all _Express_ stations are renamed to the core brand, the brand names with the Express extension will be removed from the dropdown list.

 ![](https://web-assets.waze.com/discuss/prod/original/3X/b/4/b4e00cac42cae7a9806f0f286eadd263167ac6cb.png)

To distinguish between gasoline stations of the same brand, located on both sides of a highway, the direction can be added to the streetname. Add behind the street name **ri** plus a short indication where that side of the highway leads to.

  

If the gas station also includes a shop, you can choose that as a secondary category. If the shop has different opening times, for instance when at night gas taking is still possible via automatic payment, make an extra [Point Place](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/places/374885#Point_Place "Places") for the shop and categorize it as “Convenience Store”.

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The global Wiki has an [extended description of Gas Stations](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/places-gas-station/378640 "waze:wiki/USA/Places/Gas station"). If there are differences in the guidelines, remember that the guidelines in the BeLux precede when applied to the map in Belgium, the Netherlands, or Luxembourg.

Gas stations in the BeLux are locked at level **3** or as high as your own level. On highways, as part of a [Service Area](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/service-area/374938 "Service Area") they are locked on the same level as the road.

  
  

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